Leslie Ann Fu
(born November 23, 1992), better known as fuslie, is an American
live streamer
An online streamer or live streamer is a person who broadcasts themselves online through a Livestreaming, live stream to an audience.
History
Streaming arose in the early 2010s, originating on sites like YouTube where users could upload videos ...
,
YouTuber
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Influence
Influe ...
, content creator, and musician. She is also a content creator for the
gaming
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Games and sports
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* Legalized gambling, playing games of chance for money, often referred to in law as "gaming"
* Playing a role-playing game, in which players assume fictional roles
* Playin ...
organization and
lifestyle brand 100 Thieves
100 Thieves, LLC is an American lifestyle brand and gaming organization based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2017 by Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag and Dan Gilbert. The organization competes in several video games, including ''Apex Legen ...
.
Early life
Fu was born on November 23, 1992 to Chinese parents in the
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...
.
She attended
Homestead High School in
Cupertino, California
Cupertino ( ) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, directly west of San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The population was 57,82 ...
.
Fu graduated from the
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and p ...
in 2014, earning a bachelor's degree in biological sciences. Fu briefly attended graduate school at the
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California S ...
for teaching before dropping out to pursue streaming full-time.
Career
Fu began streaming on
Twitch
Twitch may refer to:
Biology
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** Convulsion, rapid and repeated muscle contraction and relaxation
** Fasciculation, a small, local, involuntary muscle contraction
** Myoclonic twitch, a jerk usually caused by sudden muscle co ...
in February 2015 after being introduced to the activity by her roommates. Before branching out towards a wider variety of games, she primarily streamed ''
League of Legends
''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by '' Defense of the Ancients'', a custom map for ''Warcraft III'', ...
''. She briefly was a streamer for professional ''League of Legends'' teams
Immortals
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Immortal or Immortality may also refer to:
Film
* ''The Immortals'' (1995 film), an American crime film
* ''Immortality'', an alternate title for the 1998 British film '' The Wisdom of ...
and
Phoenix1
Sentinels is an American esports organization based in Los Angeles, California. The organization was founded as ''League of Legends'' team Phoenix1 and competed in the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS). In June 2018, ...
.
In December 2018, Fu, along with fellow Twitch streamer BoxBox, hosted a 4-day streaming boot camp titled "Streamer Camp", an event aimed at improving the skills of up-and-coming Twitch streamers and content creators. A second edition of the event was held in June 2019.
In April 2019, Fu was featured in an advertisement for karaoke video game ''
Twitch Sings''.
Fu was one of many streamers affected by the large wave of
DMCA
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takedown notices issued against Twitch in June 2020. After receiving two strikes, Fu criticized the platform's response to the situation saying, "On top of it being near impossible for me to delete 100,000 clips, the creator dashboard isn't loading any of my old clips. How am I supposed to protect myself here? This is an issue way bigger than me. Content creators aren't being informed by Twitch on the proper steps to protect themselves from this happening, and there has to be a better way to handle this than suddenly striking our accounts and banning us out of nowhere"
In June 2020, Fu participated in a
Chess.com tournament for Twitch streamers titled
PogChamps. She made it to the quarterfinals of the consolation bracket, where she lost to fellow streamer
xQc. Fu would later be one of over 40 streamers featured on the cover of the August 2020 edition of
Chess Life
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.
On September 2, 2020, Fu announced that she signed an exclusive contract with Twitch.
On May 12, 2021, Fu announced that she joined
lifestyle
Lifestyle often refers to:
* Lifestyle (sociology), the way a person lives
* ''Otium'', ancient Roman concept of a lifestyle
* Style of life (german: Lebensstil, link=no), dealing with the dynamics of personality
Lifestyle may also refer to:
Bu ...
brand and
gaming
Gaming may refer to:
Games and sports
The act of playing games, as in:
* Legalized gambling, playing games of chance for money, often referred to in law as "gaming"
* Playing a role-playing game, in which players assume fictional roles
* Playin ...
organization
100 Thieves
100 Thieves, LLC is an American lifestyle brand and gaming organization based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2017 by Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag and Dan Gilbert. The organization competes in several video games, including ''Apex Legen ...
as a content creator.
On August 12, 2021, Fu starred in the music video for
Sub Urban and
Bella Poarch's song, "
Inferno
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* Hell, an afterlife place of suffering
* Conflagration, a large uncontrolled fire
Film
* ''L'Inferno'', a 1911 Italian film
* Inferno (1953 film), ''Inferno'' (1953 film), a film noir by Roy Ward Baker
* Inferno (1973 fi ...
".
She also participated in a stream promoting the video. That same day, she hit 1 million followers on Twitch.
On September 6, 2022, Fu announced that she would be leaving Twitch for an exclusive streaming contract on YouTube.
Philanthropy
In March 2019, Fu partnered with the North America Scholastic Esports Federation (NASEF) and the
Anaheim Ducks hockey team in holding an ''
NHL 19'' tournament. The tournament gave away over $25,000 in scholarships and grants to high school students. Fu has also spoken to NASEF voicing her support for women in gaming.
On December 2, 2019, Fu held a charity fundraiser stream benefitting
Stand Up to Cancer
Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) is a charitable program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF). SU2C aims to raise significant funds for translational cancer research through online and televised efforts. Central to the program is a telethon tha ...
. Fu and her viewers raised over $30,000 for cancer research.
On October 19, 2021, Fu in collaboration with 100 Thieves hosted a charity fundraiser streamer for the
National Breast Cancer Foundation, raising $55,000.
Personal life
Fu dated former
OfflineTV
OfflineTV is an online social entertainment group of content creators based in Los Angeles, California. They produce a wide range of content, from prank videos to vlogs to the housemates playing games together. The group maintains a large fol ...
manager Edison Park, and the couple became engaged on April 7, 2019
before announcing their split in September 2021.
Discography
Singles
As a featured artist
Filmography
Game show
Music videos
Awards and nominations
Awards, recognitions and nominations received by Fuslie.
Notes
References
Twitch (service) streamers
University of California, Irvine alumni
American people of Chinese descent
1992 births
Living people
People from the San Francisco Bay Area
People from Los Altos, California
People from Los Angeles
Let's Players
Female YouTubers
YouTube streamers
External links
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